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Weather FORECAST: Cloudy with ihow ers Sunday and Monday; snow in bill. . T7i Th Mail Tribune Want Ad Way Quick Results At Small Coit Tribune Highest Yesterday . Lowest this Morning . United Press Full Leased Wire "'nlted Press Full Leased Wire Fortieth Year' MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1945. NO. 209. MEDFORBfL T TAX UPON JAP PROFITEERS Program Ordered To Show Nation "War Does Not Pay" Aids Little People Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 25 (U.R) General Douglas MacArthur to day demonstrated visibly to Ja pan that "war does not pay" by ordering the government to en act a 100,000,000 yen ($6,666, 000,000) tax program affecting every corporation and individual in Japan who profited from the war. MacArthur ordered the gov ernment to submit to the first session of the diet in 1946 a pro gram laying a 100 per cent war profits tax against all war in dustries. Additionally, Japanese leaders were told to prepare a similar tax steeply graduated to 100 per cent against all other corpora tions and individuals in Japan and a capital levy with graduat ed raies as nign as iu per ceru. The program is to be design ed, the directive stated, to prove to the Japanese that "war does not pay." Not only the period following Pearl Harbor is to be included in the drastic tax plan, accord ing to the directive, but also "the preceeding period of Jap anese aggression." Aside from forbidding the gov ernment from issuing bonds, ex tending credit, granting sub sidies, tax exemptions or "any similar financial benefits," the directive blocked Japanese funds totaling 50,500,000,000 yen in tended for payment of1, war in demnities to corporations. The government was given 30 days in which to recover all war indemnity payments exceeding 5,000 yen made since Aug. 15. MacArthur's directive explain ed the purpose of blocking the war indemnity funds was to as sure availability of funds for tax ing under the newly-ordered pro gram. Japanese war industries' had multiplied assets from ten to 100 times their original value, the directive pointed out. Five major companies alone showed a growth of assets from one billion yen to 11V4 billion yen between 1937 and 1945. Expansion funds were obtain ed largely from bank borrow ings, with one firm listing total assets of 150,000,000 yen and liabilities that included 125.000, 000 yen in short term notes alone. The imperial household was not granted tax exemptions, un der the new directive. Previously tax-exempt, its as sets aggregating over 1,500,000, 000 yen will be subject to both "the war profits and capital levy Recapturing of war profits added to the capital levy tax is expected to yield more than 100, 000,000,000 yen to provide the basis for reorganization of Jap anese government finances. Greatest single item 'till un paid by the government is 32, 000,000,000 yen in war risk in surance claims. It was estimated that aboli tion of the notorious pension sys tem under which ex-soldiers of 25 years of age or less were drawing life-time benefits along with members of the notorious Black Dragon society, political leaders and top generals and ad mirals, would save the Japanese treasury 1,500,000.000 yearly. "The Japanese farmer, labor er small business and profes sional man has been exploited by a very few people who con trolled practically all means of production," MacArthur observ ed. The power and wealth of these few big people is being taxed away so the great num ber of little people can have a chance to get decent prices for the goods, work for a fair wage and enter business without fear of monopoly controls." Officials Confer On Special Vote Salem, Ore., Nov. 24 (U.R) Gov. F.arl Snell today conferred with Attorney General George Neuncr. Secretary of State Rob ert S. Farrell. Jr., and Super visor of Elections David O'Hara in connection with calling a spec ial election for a successor to the late Rep. James W. Mott, R-. Ore. The governor declined to com ment on whether or not time of the first congressional district election had been selected. San Francisco. Nov. 24 (U.R) Dairy market unchanged. Dempsey Aids r . v i v mmrm jr?i ;i ; 14 "'P""'"" 1 iwmi" O J ... . I i H-rr t.a''-, r-i v, W-,..,i.wfC-. Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey last week helped to spur the Victory bond sale drive, sponsored locally by the Elks lodge. Dempsey, now a naval commander, is shown above before the Medford hotel with his aides and the reception com mittee. From the left: Dick Baize, commander Medford American Legion post, which is sponsoring the bond queen contest; Harry Chipman, Mail-Tribune sports editor; Chief Specialist Harvey Twi man. Dempsey's aide; Ned Sirocca, Dempsey's attorney; F. T. Garesche, exalted ruler Portland Elks and slate co-ordinator of the Victory queen contest; Dempsey; Mel Plaskett, exalted ruler Medford Elks; Ernest Scott, Elks lodge secretary. (Shangle pholo). CAMP WHITE TO GET 2,000 IN, Indication that Camp White will not be completely closed down by the army was seen in a report circulating at the military post Saturday that some 2,000 officers and enlisted men are scheduled tp arrive there in the near future. . According to the report, the incoming force is made up of en gineers and is a part of the 7th corps whose headquarters are at Ford Ord, Calif. Camp White has been selected as a base for the unit because of the proxi mity of Rogue river which will permit specialized training, the report revealed. Officials, at the camp stated they had no knowledge that troops were scheduled for their installation, and said they could make no official announcement at this time. Only a small force has been maintained at Camp White by the army since last March when the prisoner of war guard train ing unit departed. Since that time only a comparatively few officers and men have carried on the camp activities including service and salvage. TO ELLIOTT AS Hyde Park, N. Y., Nov. 24 (U.R) Brig. Gen. Elliott Roose velt may refuse his appointment as a vestryman of the church where his father worshipped, it was reported today, because of Bishop William T. Manning's ob jections to his election. Other vestrymen appeared an noyed by the action of Bishop Manning, who, they said, i.ad chosen to take up the matter through the press. The Rev. W. George W. An thony, aged acting rector of St. James church, said he doubted the twice-divorced and thrice wed Roosevelt would accept in view of the bishop's statement that the president's son was ' not in good standing in the Episcopal church." Although Manning did not elaborate his objections, it was believed he referred to Roose velt's last two marriages, con tracted after divorces, which vio lated canons of the Episcapo! church. Roosevelt divorced his first wife, Elizabeth Donncr, by whom he had one child, and his second, Ruth Goggins, mother of three of his children. On Dec. 3, 1944, he married his present wife. Actress Faye Emerson. Arthur Hatpin, a member of the board of vestrymen of St. James, said Manning had not officially notified the board of his action in banning Roosevelt as a member. MINE STOCKS BOOM San Francisco, Nov. 24 (U.R) The San Francisco mining ex change today completed one of its biggest weeks in recent years with trading totaling 534,100 shares. Bond Drive GEN. WAINWRIGHT IS WELCOMED BY II JIM Ashland, Nov. 24 General Jonathan M. Wainwright, hero of Bataan and long a prisoner of the Japanese, was given a public welcome at the Junior high school here last night. In the party was the general's wife, son and daughter. General Wainwright and his party will leave early in the morning for Sacramento after being overnight guests at the home of State Senator and Mrs. Earl Newbry. No public appearance of the famous soldier had been planned but the demand was so great that public officials this morn ing telephoned Gov. Earl Snell, who was host to General Wain wright's party last night, and the governor stated that the gen eral's aide had agreed to a short public greeting ceremony here. Senator Newbry and Mayor T. S. Wiley presented the general to the audience. SHIP FOR RETURN TO NATIVE LANO Seattle, Nov. 24 (U.R) Led by the Japanese European diplo matic corps, more than 1.000 jubilant Japanese who renounc ed American citizenship boarded the U.S.S. Gen. G. M. Randall today, en route to their shatter ed homeland. Cleanly dressed and obviously glad to be leaving, the Japanese filed up the gangplanks under guard, carrying their worldly possessions in suitcases, bags, and bundles. The group arrived today by train from internment centers at Tule Lake Calif.; Bis marck, N. D., and Santa Fe, N. Mex. The diplomatic corps, headed by Lt. Gen. Horoshi Oshima, graying, smartly-dressed Jap anese pre-war ambassador to Germany, romped with the youngsters in the main salon on the ship but declined comment of the "future of Japan or any thing else concerned with world affairs." Oshima and the rest of his party arrived last night and were immediately taken aboard the ship. The majority of the Japanese were agriculturalists who had been working as farmers in var ious sections of the United States for many years, some for as far back as 1900. PATCH RITES TODAY West Point, N. Y., Nov. 24 (U.R) Funeral services for Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch, form er 7th army commander, will be held here at 3 p. m. tomorrow in the Old Cadet chapel of the U. S. Military academy. Patch died at Brooke General hospital in San Antonio, Tex., Wednesday night. Altadena. Cal.. Nov. 24 UR) A hen of R. A. Cook cackled to day about laying an egg that was a whopper. The egg measured 9'4 inches around in length, "ni inches in girth, and weifthed seven ounces- PURDUE 26 0 FOR 'BIG MORS First Title For Hoosiers Ohio State, Minnesota Lose Other Scores New York, Nov. 24 (U.R) Glory came again tonight to the little gray man of the Sycamore country, Alvin (Bo) McMillin of Indiana, after a watchful wait of 12 years. His Indiana Hoosiers, climax ing their best season, defeated Purdue, 26 to 0, to give the school its first Bjg Ten confer ence title and McMillin his big gest thrill since he quartet back ed Centre college's praying Col onels to a 6 to 0 upset of Har vard in 1921. The upset, termed by many the greatest in collegiate annals, was comparable to his uphill fight to gain Indiana's only con ference championship. Elsewhere in the Big Ten. Michigan clinched second place with a 7-3 victory over Ohio Slate, and Wisconsin added to Minnesota's cup of grief by beat ing the Gophers, 26 to 12. Northwestern won fourth place in the race by beating Illinois, 13 to 7, while Iowa took a 13-6 trimming at the hands of Ne braska of the Big Six. It was wind-up day for the 1945 season on many gridirons and the teams fought bitterly in freezing weather against time honored traditional opponents. In the east, Yale won its first test against a Big Three oppon ent, topping Princeton, 20 to 14. Harvard walloped Boston uni versity, 60 to 0. In other eastern games, Pittsburgh upset Penn State, 7 to 0, Brown tied Col gate, 6 to 6, Columbia larruped Dartmouth, 21 to 0, Lafayette blanked Lehigh, 70 to 0, Penn sylvania defeated Cornell, 59 to 6. The perfect record of Vir ginia was sullied at Washington by underdog Maryland, who scored a 19-13 victory. Duke's Blue Devils, with two Bowl in vitations hanging in the bahinue, topped North Carolina, 14 to 7, to insure their appearance at a New Year's day sociable. Ala bama trimmed Pensacola Navy, 55 to 6, Clemson upset Georgia Tech, 21 to 7, Mississippi defeat ed Mississippi State, 7 to 6, and Tennessee won from Kentucky, 14 to 0. Notre Dame, stalled for the first half, opened up" to de feat Tulane, 32 to 6. In the southwest, Texas Chris tian crushed Rice's confcrcrce championship aspirations with a 14 to 13 victory, while Southern Methodist rolled to a 34 to 0 vic tory over Baylor. Missouri won the Big Six championship with a 33 to 12 triumph over Kansas. Oklaroma A. & M., still unbeaten and un tied, made its position for a Bowl invitation secure by beat ing Oklahoma, 47 to 0. In the Rocky Mountains, Col orado college tied Colorado A. & M. 7 to 7, while New Mexico had a 6-all deadlock with Texas Tech. ES TO STAY Shanghai, Nov. 24 (U.R) Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer, com mander of U. S. forces in China, said today that without undue delay it will take approximately six to eight months to repatriate the Japanese in North China and his present instructions do not contemplate Immediate with drawal of marines from that area. Wedemeyer was asked at a press conference if more Ameri can ships will be used to move Chungking government troops to North China. He said that the war shipping administration has a request for additional vessels under consideration. SOWING WILD OATS Detroit, Nov. 24 (U.R) Police tonight abandoned the theory that Malcolm U. McLeod had been kidnapped and went on the theory that the slender, nervous 18-year-old youth was having a fling on his dad's money, pos sibly as much as $30,000. PHONE STRIKE ENDS Chicago, Nov. 24 'U.R) Sonic 8,700 striking Illinois and north ern Indiana telephone operators were ordered back to work to night when the Illinois Bell Tele phone Co. and the Illinois Tele phone Traf.'ic union reached a compromise wage agreement. BULLETIN San Francisco, Nov. 24 (U.R) One person was killed and an estimated 28 persons injured to night when a Greyhound bus. bound from San Francisco to Los Angeles, skidded over an embankment at Brisbane south of here after colliding with an automobile. Police tentatively Identified the dead man, driver of the automobile, as Lawrence M, Zelayeta, 47, San Francisco. They said Zelayeta was riding with James O'Brien, 29, San Francisco, who was under treat ment at South San Francisco emergency hospital for third degree burns of his legs and feet and shock. PIN ALIBI UPON LADY ASTOR'S SET Secret Deal With British Leaders Hinted By De fense At Neurnberg Trial Nuernberg, Nov. 24 (U.R) Nazi Germany's indicted war leaders may stake their lives on a sensational claim that they had secret dealings with Lady Nancy Astor's British Cliveden set in the Munich appeasement era, counsel for the accused men indicated today. The Virginia-born Lady Astor was named as one of scores of prominent British political fig ures who "probably" will be summoned here by the defense to testify for Hermann Goering and his 19 fellow prisoners. From their testimony, the defendants obviously hoped to extract a story of Anglo-German intrigue and whitewash their own actions in the final tense months before World War II. Lady Astor, who retired from commons last summer after 25 years in British politics, repeat edly has denied that sho and the small group of conservatives who met at her Cliveden coun try home before the war were working for appeasement of nazi Germany. Mentioned with her as a pos sible involuntary defense wit ness was Lord Beaverbrook, one of ex-Prime Minister Winston Churchill's closest political ad visers. Spokesmen for the American prosecution staff said when they learned of the defense plans, that the four-power- court at Nuernberg is empowered to subpoena witnesses from any of the 20 nations that signed the United Nations charter estab lishing this tribunal. Authorized spokesmen for the British and French prosecutors, however, flatly challenged the American position. They con tended that the court has no authority to summon witnesses from outside the borders of oc cupied Germany. The British insisted that wit nesses living in the United Kingdom could testify by affi davit instead of making a per sonal Bppearance in court. The defense lawyers took ad vantage of the weekend trial recess to call a press conference at which they outlined their tentative plans for defending the accused nazi war criminals. They revealed that most, if not all, of the defendants would testify in their own behalf. In addition to Lord Beaver brook and the Cliveden set, they said they were trying to sum mon the Duke of Hamilton and the British physician who exam ined Rudolf Hess after he para chuted down into a Scottish moor in 1940. ALASKA AREA TO SEEK STATEHOOD Juneau, Alaska, Nov. 24 (U.R) The proposal to create the 49th and 50th state in the territory of Alaska made here by Publisher Peter Wood gained support today when residents started a move to have the proposition placed on the general ballot in 1916. The proposal would divide Alaska into two states. The first would consist of a outh western state from Seward south and the other would be, includ ing Seward, to the north. GI LOANS ASSURED Santa Ana, Cal., Nov. 24 (U.R) Thirty ex-servicemen were as sured today of getting GI loans for homes when a controversy over Veteran administration "red tape" was untangled. CAPPERS BACK I JHWEST MILL 1RKERSSTRIKE Operator's Offer Held Out Of Line With Lumber Selling Price Portland, Ore., Nov. 24 (U.R) Striking northwest AFL lumber workers today polished off tneir ninth week of idleness bolstered by refusal of Montana locals to compromise and reiteration of full support from AFL Carpent ers and Joiners. In Portland, M. A. Hutcheson, first general vice president of the Carpenters and Joiners unions who is here for confer ences with strike leaders. s.aid his organization "is prepared to go all the way." "We would like the strike to end today as we know that it is not only tying up the lumber in dustry, but threatening the en tire reconversion program of the country," Hutcheson said. He called the operators 12VS cent compromise offer "fur out of line compared to the soiling price of lumber," and pointed out that the work week has been cut while there has been no re duction in the cost of living. "The Brotherhood of Carpent ers and Joiners, AFL, is prepared to go all the way so that the lumber workers, chartered under the brotherhood, may win their demands and a wage increase somewhat comparable to the price of lumber," he declared. The brotherhood has pledged financial help to the strikers. Meanwhile Dave Beck, Seat tle, international vice president of the AFL Teamsters, insisted he was remaining out of the strike picture and denied he planned to order teamsters in 11 western states to halt han dling of all lumber. His statement was made In answer to, a prediction of such action by Kenneth W. Davis, exe cutive secretary of the North western Council of Lumber and Sawmill Workers. Portland retail' lumber yards were said to have Just about reached "the bottom of the bar rel" on lumber supplies. LONGSHOREBOSS GIVES MILITARY San Francisco, Nov. 24 (U.R) The International Longshore men's and Warehousemen's union today formally notified the Army, Navy and Maritime commission that its membership would cease loading on Dec. .1 all ships which should be as signed to troop carrying. ILWU President Harry Bridges sent telegrams to Navy Secretary James Forrcslal, Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and Chairman of Ihe Maritime com mission Emory S. Land inform ing them of the scheduled action which he said would "include all ships which have been taken off troop runs and converted to com mercial purposes." He said it would also include "all intercoastal ships operating between American ports to curry cargo which has heretofore been carried by truck and rail and which still can be handled by truck and rail." DEATH SENTENCE, Portland, Ore., Nov. 24 (U.R) Andrew W. Dennis today faced two court sessions re-sentence in Multnomah circuit court for the murder of his mother-in-law, and a divorce suit. Mrs. Berdettc H. Dennis filed suit today alleging Dennis sub jected her to cruel and inhuman treatment, displayed a violent and ungovernable temper and attacked her while in drunken rages. They were married in 1927 in Lewis county, Wash. Just last week Dennis was granted a stay of execution 15 hours before he was to die in the gas chamber. The state supreme court remanded him to Multnomah county for re-sentence because of a technical error in serving the death warrant. Plan for Vets t v re A 1--l-L-.- Ocn. Omnr N. Briullev, veterans ad ministrator, confers with WAC Lt. Col. Mnry-Apnca Brown, Women Veterans Advisor, at San Francisco, Calif., during Bradley's one-week Hying tour of V"?st in order to ex pedite veterans' organization pro ' grnm. BRITISH BATTLE TO Native Warriors Attempt to Reach 8,000 Dutch-Held In Compound Batavia, Nov. 24 (U.R) Brit ish troops battled a swelling army of Indonesian extremists in Central Java today to avert a threatened massacre of 8,000 Dutch civilians huddled In the Ambarawa Internment camp. Dispatches from the scene In dicated that the plight of the trapped men, women and chil dren at Amoarawa sun was acs perate, although two columns of British Gurkhas fought Into the town to rescue them last night. Hundreds of howling native warriors were reported hurling Ihcmseives against British lines in a frenzied attempt to break through into the civilian com pound. Late advices said the na tionalists were being reinforced steadily despite constant straf ing attacks by RAF fighter bombers. Two small bands of natives burst into the compound shortly before the arrival of the British relieving force Inst night. Armed with rifles, pistols and swords, they butchered nine women and children outright and severely wounded 33 others, three of whom died later in the night. LOCAL PRESSURE BE Atlantic City, N. J.. Nov. 24 (U.R) Veterans Administrator Gen. Omar N. Bradley served notice tonight thut demands of local pressure groups will be ignored In the location of new veterans' hospitals which, under new policy, will be put near medical centers. His reference apparently was to current controversy over pos sible use of surplus army hos pitals. The veterans administra tion has indicated it docs not want most of these either be cause of temporary construction or out-of-the-way location. "In spite of community at tempts to Induce us to locate hospitals where they will be lost In medical backwaters, we must locate our new veterans hospi tals by the only standard we can possibly employ," he said. "We must locate them where they can provide the most direct benefit and the best medical care for the veterans for whom they are Intended." 7 County Youths Win KOG Awards Seven Jackson county young sters tied for filth place in the recent "Keep Oregon Green" contest, KOG officials announc ed yesterday. Winners were Donald Dun stan, Jacksonville; and Jeanette Kinney, Barbara Clawson, Billy Barger, Marlycc Risland. Juneve Briscoe and Betty Myers, all of Ashland. WELLES UPHOLDS HULL'S ATTITUDE IN JAPAN Joint Warning to Tokyo Proposed By Churchill in August, 1941 Washington, Nov. 24 (U.R) Former Undersecretary of Stat Sumner Welles said today that this country's only choice in the anxious days before Pearl Har bor was ultimate war in the east or abject acquiescence in Japa nese aggression. Ho told the congressional Pearl Harbor investigating com mittee that he had concluded by mid-September, 1941, that Japan would not give up her career of conquest and that war was In evitable. Although he was fired from the administration in 1943 be cause of differences with then, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Welles strongly defended the diplomatic course of action his) former boss took In pre-Pearl Harbor negotiations with Japan. Hull had described his 1941 activities to the committee yes terday. Asked by Sen. Scott Lucas, D., 111., if he agreed with. Hull's statement, Welles replied: "I agree with Mr. Hull com pletely in the statement he has made to the committee." The suave Welles went before the committee today for the second time after the committee had disclosed that former Bri tlsh Prime Minister Winston Churchill had proposed to the late President Roosevelt on Nov. 30, 1941, that a Joint or parallel war warning be sent to Japan. Welles, who attended the At. lantic charter conference be tween Koosevelt and Churchill In August, 1941, was questioned at length by Sen. Homer Fergu son, R., Mich., about an earlief The first warning was dis cussed by Roosevelt and Chur chill at the Atlantic charter rnn. ference. The U. S. note went to) the Japanese Aug. 17 and warn cd that if the Japanese took further military action Ih. United States would be forced to take all necessary steps to protect its interests and security. Ferguson emnhasizeri that th note was not made public until after Pearl Harbor. Welles com mented that its publication at the time Would havn 1fnnarrilrrl the Japanese negotiations then in progress. In his defense Of Hull's rlinln. macy, Welles referred specifical ly xo a ju-point statement of principles which his former boss handed to Japanese emissaries here. It was charged In an army board Pearl Harbor report that this note touched off Japan's sneak attack of Dec. 7, 1941. Welles testified am Hull hiJ yesterday that the only ulti matum from anybody in the U. S.-Jananese nesotiatinns waa th Japanese note ot Nov. 20, 1941, containing demands this country felt it could not meet. After that. Welles mIH ih. only reply the Japanese would nave accepted would have been "complete acquiescence to the demands they made" for a free hand in Asia. In presenting the Nov. 26 re ply, Hull withheld a previously considered three-month agree ment under the terms of which this country would have made slight economic concessions to Japan. Hull said vesterdav he with held the temporary agreement, with President Roosevelt's an. proval, because of Chinese ob jections and because, in any A.lanf 1, T J 1 considered it merely "chicken feed." Welles said tndav h was wholly in accord with that deci sion. MARSHALL SLATED AS TRUMAN AIDE Washington, Nov. 24 U.R The Army and Navy bulletin, new unofficial publication for service personnel, said tonight Hint President Truman is con sidering appointment of Gen. George C. Marshall as his per sonal chief of staff. The bulletin said Marshall, re tiring army staff chief, would succeed Adm. William D, Leahy, who was appointed presidential chief of staff by the late Frank lin D. Roosevelt.
